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Looking for help with the 12 Steps? Take a look at these easy suggestions…

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12 Steps, AA

Step 4: Distinctions Between Selfish and Self-Seeking in AA

2020by Heidi

Looking for the difference between selfish and self-seeking? Read this…

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Step 4 Tips

You Don’t Say (to an addict)

Featuredby Heidi

When tied is a good thing.

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Addiction and Relationships, Relating to Addicts

Tips For Healing Part 3

2020by Heidi

If I was afraid things were going to get drastically worse for me…

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12 Steps

Tips For Healing Part 2

2020by Heidi

What causes our addictive behavior? Eliminate some of the pain…

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12 Steps, Step 10, Step 10 Application, Step 10 Tips

Tips For Healing Part 1

2020by Heidi

Not addicted to a substance? In this article, see how you can think outside the bottles…

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12 Steps, Step 10, Step 10 Application, Step 10 Tips, Thinking Outside The Bottle: 12 Steps for Anyone

Election Reaction and 15 Minute Solution

2020by Heidi

The very churning of my gut and lack of ability to feel any deep peace are the stereo alarms of my body and heart.

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12 Steps, Step 10 Tips

Pause When Agitated?

2020by Heidi

As we go through the day we pause when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. Pause. Oh, no. Remember I’m a sprinter? Pauses break my […]

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Step 11 Application

Step 1: Raising The White Flag

2020by Heidi

When I first quit drinking, I had a friend in AA that would wish ‘pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization’ on his drinking buddies.

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12 Steps, Step 1 Tips

Step 3: Remodel Me

2020by Heidi

My most traumatic experience with remodeling isn’t filed in a picture database anywhere …

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AA, Step 3 Tips

Step 3: I Swore I’d Never…

2020by Heidi

What did you resolve that you’d never do when you were a kid?

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12 Steps, Step 3 Tips

Step 3: In 2 Deep

2020by Heidi

What person causes you the most stress no matter what you try?

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12 Steps, Step 3 Tips

5 Tips for Choosing a Recovery Sponsor

2020by Heidi

A guide, a mentor, a friend, a BB Nazi… so many choices!

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AA, ACOA, Al-Anon, Codependents Anonymous, Step 2, Step 2 Tips

Grandmas and Sponsors

2020by Heidi

People who are spiritual are helping others and leading interesting lives. They radiate a life-verve that is attractive.

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AA, ACOA, Al-Anon, Codependents Anonymous, Step 2 Tips

Get Your Feet Off the Wheel, Buddy!

2020by Heidi

Who’s in the drivers’ seat?

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AA, ACOA, Al-Anon, CODA, Step 10, Step 10 Application, Step 10 Tips

Finding Someone to Sponsor

2020by Heidi

Jot these questions in your cell so you’re prepared.

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AA, Start Sponsoring, Step 12 Tips

Do You Have the Necessary Tools For Sponsorship?

2020by Heidi

Should you be a sponsor?

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AA, Sponsoring, Start Sponsoring, Step 12 Tips

To Quote My Favorite Philosopher, “NIP IT!”

2020by Heidi

She said, “Heidi, I don’t know why anyone calls you when they’re having problems.”

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AA, Step 12 Tips

Google Me Alcoholic

2020by Heidi

What do you mean, alcoholic?

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AA, Heidi HO

I GOT THIS!

2020by Heidi

Really?

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AA, Step 3 Tips

Help Me VS Gratitude

2020by Heidi

What is implied by the ‘help me’?

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AA, Step 11 Tips

90 Meetings?

2020by Heidi

Are we keeping the gate closed?

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AA, Step 12 Tips

12 Step Programs Aren’t Therapy

2020by Heidi

Guess what’s inside this AA meeting!

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AA, Step 12 Tips

Relief or Release?

2020by Heidi

What do you want?

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AA, Step 1 Tips

Welcome To Recovery of Action

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WHICH WAY?

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12 Steps, AA, Spirituality, Step 1 Tips

Whad Ya Mean… Self-Seeking?

2020by Heidi

Like traveling without any running lights…

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Step 4 Tips

Clean Sweep

2020by Heidi

Pick up a broom and give it a whirl!

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AA, Step 12 Application

Double Overtime

2020by Heidi

It IS whether you win or lose!

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AA, Step 1, Step 1 Application

The 12 Step Workout: Use It or Lose It

2020by Heidi

We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous and free.

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AA, Step 12, Step 12 Application

Not in My Wheelhouse

2020by Heidi

After cleaning out my wheelhouse I find I’m a little lonely…

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AA, Al-Anon, Step 1 Tips

God As We Understood Him

2020by Heidi

Thinking, learning, figuring things out with my pea brain…

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Step 2, Step 2 Tips

Hashtag Sandy

2020by Heidi

Just between you and me, I’ve always been a little crazy during and around a full moon….

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AA, Step 10, Step 10 Application

Step 2: Digging From the Quarry of the Past

2020by Heidi

When I’m digging into the quarry of the past, I’m entering the insanity of mining my history…

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AA, Step 2 Application, Step 2 Tips

Step 4: Part 8 Talkin’ Trash and Sex

2020by Heidi

I grew up in the 50s–a time when sex education had not yet been invented.

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12 Steps, AA, Step 4 Tips

Anxiety: Part 2 Hey There! Hold On A Sec!

2020by Heidi

There’s a lot of ‘holding’ going on during the last three points.

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AA, Step 1 Tips

Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain

2020by Heidi

My life would make a better movie than it does a life.

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AA, Step 1 Application

Step11: Where Are You From?

2020by Heidi

Possibly behind the presenting question is the thought: “You’re not one of us, are you?” I’m not sure why we react to ‘foreigners’ this way, but it’s human nature to try to align the ‘us’ from the ‘them’. We separate out the locals from the others like sorting through the box of puzzle pieces for the border.

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12 Steps, Step 11, Step 11 Application

STOP…GO…STOP!

2020by Heidi

So what do we do if we can’t trust our thinking?

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12 Steps, Step 1 Application

Step 4: Column 3 Buddy Burner Gut Ignites

2020by Heidi

I’m a Fighter from a long line of Fighters. I don’t know what happens to you when you’re angry…

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Are You A Friend Among Friends?

2020by Heidi

I was not. I’m still learning. At one time I thought I had the perfect life but it was built upon the proverbial shifting sand of illusions about myself. The […]

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Application

Step 4: Column 2 The Cause Knot

2020by Heidi

Now that we have the first column naming people, institutions and principles we can move on to the second column.  (Refer to the Not Scary Resentments Worksheet of Step 4 in […]

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Why It Works Like a Sticky Trap For Rats of Resentment

2020by Heidi

Do you have an inexplicable feeling of pending doom? Do you feel deep down lonely…

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Application

Step 4: Column 1 Resentments, The Number One Offender

2020by Heidi

Take a good look at anything that riles you. What are your pet peeves?

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Dirty Urchins, Raggedy People and Drunks

2020by Heidi

Everything was dirty, broken, piled up and rusty. I kept gagging…

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12 Steps, Step 4 Application

Step 2: AA Drifter Returns to the Bunkhouse of Childhood Faith

2020by Heidi

I have the clearest memory of childhood discussions and a collection of bunkhouse adventures with God. This skinless friend was more real …

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Spirituality, Step 11 Application

Step 3: The Key To Making Decisions

2020by Heidi

Step 3 is not the action of turning our will and lives over, it’s deciding to do so. Let’s get specific. Which decision making elements do you usually use?

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12 Steps, Step 3 Tips

How Did I Set My Password For AA Serenity?

2020by Heidi

During early sobriety it seemed that all the characters around the table except me had a secret password that allowed them to log into a new life of peace and serenity. I’d never seen anything like these hooligans.

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AA Meetings, Step 11 Application

Step 3: Whistling In The Dark

2020by Heidi

Do I miss drinking? Sometimes. I miss it to the extent that I’m still insane. I was not created for self-destruction but alcohol is a one way ticket to that insanity. It waits.

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12 Steps, Spirituality, Step 3 Tips

Step 3: I Can Skip This if I’m a Christian, Right?

2020by Heidi

The question I should have asked when I dropped into AA was, Is there a difference between step 3 and salvation for a Christian?

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12 Steps, Step 3 Application

Step 11: Do You Meditate In Color?

2020by Heidi

This is my prayer corner. The colored pencils are from Iowa. I bought them at an art supply store when I started coloring during prayer. Bear with me. I can explain…maybe.

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Spirituality, Step 11 Tips

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